The Bangor Daily News has an article about efforts on the part of Orono businesses to encourage students to visit downtown Orono often for eating out, shopping and services. UMaine associate professor of communications and journalism was interviewed for the story, and told the BDN that it is important that universities and communities find ways […]
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The Mainebiz website posted an item about the announcement that UMaine has received a $3 million federal grant to buy equipment for the new deepwater offshore wind research laboratory that is part of the AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center. The grant will fund the purchase of equipment for structural testing and pilot manufacturing of […]
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The WCSH television program “207” featured a ten-minute Monday interview with Prof. Sandy Caron and Mike Hodgson from the UMaine athletics development staff. The subject was “Tackling Football: A Woman’s Guide to the College Game,” a new book by Caron and Hodgson.
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Several state and national media outlets had coverage of the news that UMaine has received a $3 million grant from the Economic Development Administration to advance offshore wind-power research and development. The Forbes and Bloomberg Business Week websites both carried an Associated Press version of the story, as did Bangor television station WABI. Contact: Jessica […]
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UMaine Professor of Marine Sciences Malcolm Shick was mentioned in an Agence France Press wire service story about the study of underwater coral reefs that could lead to a pill that would prevent sunburn. Shick is collaborating on the project with scientists from England and Australia, who discovered a compound which acts as a kind […]
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A Bangor Daily News story about a rise in abundance of the Hickory Tussock caterpillar included comments from UMaine Cooperative Extension entomologist Clay Kirby. Kirby told the BDN he has more samples of the caterpillar sent to his laboratory and more information requests than previous years. The numbers of the caterpillar, which can cause an […]
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The website PhysOrg noted a UMaine news release about the announcement that UMaine immunologist Carol Kim is part of an $11 million NIH grant to Dartmouth Medical School for the study of the effects of low levels of arsenic on immune response. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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UMaine’s participation in Cod Academy, a Maine Aquaculture Association program which trains fishermen to be fish farmers, was noted in a radio program on the Voice of America. UMaine has collaborated with MAA on Cod Academy, which took place earlier this year for the first time. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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The University of Maine will join a statewide network of community centers, churches and others ringing bells at 12 noon today as part of a call to end domestic violence.
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Joshua Komusin, a computer science major and math minor from South Berwick, Maine, recently attended Apple Inc.’s five-day annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. Komusin was one of 150 college students out of thousands of applicants to win $2,000 scholarships to attend the conference. He was selected based on his application, which included his […]
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